When do jurors vote for manslaughter rather than murder? (January, 2007, Issue 6)

Frequently, jurors are asked to vote for manslaughter rather than murder due to a defendant’s emotions overcoming the defendant’s reason at the time of a killing. Spackman et al. (2002) examined factors jurors take into consideration when determining whether a defendant’s emotions serve as mitigating circumstances to reduce a murder charge to a verdict of manslaughter…

January 30th, 2007|

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